Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Jovan Belcher gestures during a Sept. 30 game against the San Diego Chargers in Kansas City, Mo.

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Gary Mihoces
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He signed with Kansas City in 2009 as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Maine. He was a smaller-sized defensive end from a smaller-sized school, who would have to convert to linebacker in the pros. But he drew praise from former Chiefs coach Todd Haley early that season.

"I think he's a guy that's impressed us all from early on and I think we've got a potential player there. ... That's a guy that needs to be on the field," Haley told the Kansas City Star. ...

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